Door-hanger



(ModeL) V D. JAQUES. DOOR HANGER. No.261,553. E JRatentedJu1y-25,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L/ A UES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,553, dated July25,1882.

- Application filed December 22, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom tt mayconcern Be it known that 1, DAVID L. JAQUES, of Cleveland, in the countyof Uuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Door -Hanging Devices; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to door hangers and tracks; and it consists in thepeculiar con struction of the same, as will be hereinafter fully setforth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section taken through a door frame andtrack, showing the construction of my door-hanger and the man-' ner ofits attachment to a door; Fig. 2 is a section taken through the shank orlower end of my hanger, and also through the end of a door, showing moreclearly the manner of .attaching the hanger to a door.

A is a roller, which is provided with atlange, a, which, by running in agroove, b, in the track B, prevents the said roller A from running offthe track B while in motion.

The track B, which is preferably made of hard wood, is secured toanother piece of wood, 0, (preferably pine or other soft wood,) insubstantially the manner shown in Fig. lviz., by means of a mortise, o,and tenon c, and a suitable number of screws D, said screws extendingthrough the track B from its under side into the piece 0, said piece 0being in turnsecured to a joist above the door-frame. The object inconstructing my track as hereinbefore described is to allow of its beingadjusted or leveled iffrom any cause it should sag or how. Thisadjusting is done by loosening or tightening the screws D, which lowersor raises the track B.

E is the hanger-rod of the roller A. This hanger-rod is provided with ashank, F, (see Fig. 2,) which passes through a sleeve, G, and is securedin place by means of a nut or washer, d, fastened or riveted on itslower end. The lower end of the sleeve G is provided with ascrew-thread, e, which engages with the thread in the nut H. The upperend of the sleeve door is as follows: A hole, J, of sufficient diameterto admit the sleeve G, is bored vertically in the top of the door K.Near the lower part of the hole J is cut or formed another hole, L, at alight angle to the hole J, and passingbeyond its opposite side. Thishole L is sufficiently large to admit of the insertion of the nut H,which is larger in diameter than the hole J, but not large enough toallow it to revolve. The sleeve G is insorted in the hole J, and thethread eon its end caused to engage with the nut H by turning the saidsleeve G by means of the lugs h on its upper end. The hole L may now beplugged and finished overin any suitable manner. To adjust the door upor down all that is'necessary is to turn the sleeve G by means of anail-set or any other suitable tool and a hammer.

What I claim is- 1. In a door-hanging device, the combinatiou, with astrip or piece of wood, of a track connected therewith by amortise-and-tenon joint to retain the track against lateraldisplacement, and screws inserted through the track from below upwardlyinto the upperstrip or piece, whereby by tightening or loosening thescrewsthe track will be raised or lowered, substantially asset forth.

2. In a door-hanging device, a roller provided with a hanging-rod, thelower end of said han gin g-rod being provided with a sleeve, saidsleeve being in turn provided at its lower end with a screw-threadadapted to engage with a nut, whereby the door to which said hanger isattached may be adjusted, substantially as set forth. a

3. In a door-hanging device, the combination, with the hanger-rodhavinga r0llerj0urnaled in its upper portion, and provided with 1ntestimonj wlaereofl have signed m nzii'ri a downwardly-projecting shank,of a sleeve to this specification in the presence of two subeneirclingsaid shank, and a stationary nut enscribing witnesses.

gaging the screw-threaded lower portion of DAVID L. JAQUES. said sleeve,the upper end of the sleeve being Witnesses:

provided with lugs for rotatingthe sleeve and W. E. DONNELLY,

the door, substantially as set forth. E. 0. ()RSBURN.

